The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-12-10
Political Pointers.

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parricidal hand to destroy the Demo
crat institutions of the State! Sheol
Shreveport Democrat.
Hail to the chief who routed
advances" is the title of a new
Ring song just published. 1t may
"hail" now, but it will be hill on
election day.-N. O.. News.
The negro buildozer, Samuel D.
McEnery, had to call OF his sable
friend to carry Ouachita. Bitter
shame on the men who have African
lied the parish-Arcadia Record.
Tt is rumored that Gov. McEnery
will not go before the convention
but will resign in favor of Gen.
Beham, of New Orleans. We hope
he will stands braveIy before the
house and bear his defeat like a
man.--Trinity Herald.
With exception Of the Review,
every Republican paper in the State
edited by white persons is support
ing McEnery. We hear they have
been promised the publication of the
election proclamations. etc. 4 short
time will tell if it is so.-Morgan
City Review.
A close calculation of the votes
cast to this date for delegates to
the State nominating convention,
shows the wonderful fact that the
popular majority among the white
voters is four to one in favor of
Gen. Nichols. and that McEnery
has rot carried a single delegation
10y a majority of white voters
Lake Charles Commercial
McEnery men have been dicharg-
ed in this parish for daring to ex.
ercise the privilege of voting for the
man of their choice. This is re
form Democracy.-Ibergille South.
Nichols men have been refused
employment on pnblic works in this
parish for the eason that they had
the courage to express their opin-
ions and name their choice. This
is not reform Democracy.--Plaque-
mines Protector.
The T'imes-Dcmocrat is getting
ready for a bolt, as its editorials
indicate. We have feared all along
that the Ring would not abide by a
decision of a Democratic convention.
The course of the McEnery men in
St. James, Tangipahoa, Webster,
Lafayette and other parishes
indicates what their course will be
when they find themselves IN a
hopeless minority at Baton Rouge
Pioneer of Assumption.
Point us out an nncontested
where white Democratic
voters predominant, that has gone
for McEnery. Mo- a single one. If
left to the white people of this
State, Nichols would beat McEnery
three to one--not because Nichols
has not as many friends among the
,olored people as McEnery, but be.
cause the celored vote in black
parishes is controlled by McEnery
nen.-Alexandria Town Talk.
The Times.D Democrat of Novem.
Ter goth laid the foundation for a
AcEnery bolt in case it should hap
that the McEnery faction fail to
get control of the temporary organi-
alton of the State convention. It
8 patent to a blind man up a tree
the overseers and ringmasters
will not submit to white primaries
hey know without the influenced
them by the use of the negro,
heir power in the community would
anlsh.-Ouachita Telegraph.
The McEnery1tes carried Acadia
'arlsh last Saturday by concentrate
ng all their strength ON certrin polls
n the eastern part of the parish
hat had a small majority of the
.elegates of the parish, and they
lected these delegates by small
aajorities. The majority of the
amber Of votes cast in the entire
'arish was against them; SO the PEG.
lie of the parish are still for
'icho|ls, and if delegates had been ,
oted for by the parish at large, a Is
'icholls delegation would have been !
Landry Democrat.